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01.11.2014

Congratulations to our Stage-2 Classics student Josh Corcoran.

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CIAS DIRECTOR

Dr Andrea Dolfini
Lecturer in Later Prehistory
E: andrea.dolfini@ncl.ac.uk
School of History, Classics and Archaeology
Armstrong Building
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 7RU - UK

commercial services: specialists

Lindsay Allason-Jones, BA, MLitt, FSA, FSAScot, FMA, FRSA, OBE
Roman small finds specialist and former Director of CIAS
  • Roman small finds from anywhere in the Roman Empire
  • Artefacts relating to the native-Roman interaction across borders
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Rob Collins BA, MA, PhD
Portable Antiquity Scheme Liaison Officer and small finds specialist
  • Roman-Modern coins
  • Prehistoric-Modern metalwork
  • Prehistoric-Modern bone/antler objects
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Andrea Dolfini PhD Cantab
Prehistoric metalwork specialist and current Director of CIAS
  • Copper Age and Bronze Age metalwork from Britain and Europe
  • Use-wear analysis of copper-alloy tools and weapons by optical microscopy
  • Laboratory and field-based pXRF analysis of archaeological materials, residues and artefacts
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James Gerrard BA, MA, PhD, AIfA
Roman small finds specialist
  • Romano-British pottery
  • Roman coins
  • Roman small finds
  • Roman hoards and metal vessels
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Mark Jackson BA, MA, PhD
Late Roman and early Byzantine pottery specialist
  • Roman ceramics from the Eastern Mediterranean
  • Byzantine ceramics from the Eastern Mediterranean
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Alex Turner BA (Hons), MPhil
Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and databases specialist
  • Creation of GIS/Database solutions using ArcGIS and Microsoft Access
  • Customised GUI for databases and GIS for more effective workflow
  • Orthorectification of historic maps and aerial photographs
  • Implementation of existing client datasets or commission new collections of historic datasets in a customised GIS
  • Spatial analysis of client data to create bespoke cartographic output
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Archaeological Illustration Group
  • Hand-drawing of small finds
  • CAD-drawing of small finds
  • Training in archaeological illustration
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